Re: [Qtractor-devel] MIDI file import folder is getting collapsed after every D&D

[Rui N. C. <rn...@rn...>]

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On 12/05/2016 10:10 PM, Frank Neumann wrote:
> 
> Hi Rui,
> 
>>>> another little ugliness seen today: I import a MIDI file
>>>> into the "Files" window on the right side of the arranger,
>>>> click on the imported file to see its individual tracks
>>>> ("Track 0", "Track 1" and so on), and when I drag&drop a
>>>> track into a qtractor track, the expanded file view is
>>>> getting collapsed again each time so I have to click on it
>>>> again to see the tracks in it. Can this be fixed, please?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> confirmed. a rather "micro-ugliness" should i say :) i'll have
>>> a look, whenever i get the time.
>>> 
>> 
>> fixed in 0.8.0.5git.c4d31d
> 
> Thanks for this :-). Yes, it is a "micro-ugliness", but many of
> these combined also contribute to some kind of "uncomfortable"
> feeling after a while; usability should not be underestimated.
> 
> It works better now, but - well, not perfect still. Folders are
> not collapsed any more after a D&D operation, but what is now
> awkward is what happens if you add e.g. Track 1 of a MIDI file to
> one Qtractor track, and attempt to just D&D Track 2 into another
> Qtractor track. This doesn't work because the previous track did
> not get unselected after the first D&D, so you are now attempting
> to D&D 2 tracks at the same time (kind of "multi-select" I guess).
> It can worked around by additional clicks to unselect everything, 
> but that's trading one ugliness for another :-).
> 
> That's perhaps the reason why you only commented that one line in
> the source code instead of removing it right away. I believe what
> should happen here instead of the "QTreeWidget::reset();" is
> something like "un-select all items in the widget" (no idea what
> that's called in Qt speech).
> 

no, bot so easy. there's either some idiosyncrasy of QTreeWidget or
it's me being an idiot :)

had to take measures and got into a hacky solution in 0.8.0.6git.b304c2
beware! things might get worse now on some other front...
i count on you to find them ;)

cheers
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rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
rn...@rn...
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